"FC St. Pauli Fußball-Club St Pauli von 1910 e.V., commonly known as simply FC St Pauli, is a German sports club based in the St. Pauli quarter of Hamburg. The football department is part of a larger sports club that also has departments in rugby (FC St. Pauli Rugby), baseball, bowling, boxing (FC St. Pauli Boxen), chess, cycling, handball, roller derby (Harbour Girls Hamburg), skittles, softball and table tennis and since 2011 Marathon. Until the end of 2013, the club also had a department in American football, but it was dissolved because it lacked the youth team required in order"
"turf from the original Hamburg pitch. HSV contests the Nordderby with fellow Northern Germany side Werder Bremen. In Spring 2009, HSV faced Werder four times in only three weeks, and Werder defeated HSV in the UEFA-Cup semi-final, as well as in the DFB-Pokal semi-final. Many HSV fans see this as the origin of the club's decline from 2009 to the relegation year 2018. Furthermore, HSV shares a cross-town rivalry with FC St. Pauli. When, after seven years in different leagues, the game HSV against FC St. Pauli came back again, there were already several weeks before the game disputes of"
"which were regulars in the German National Team. To date, HSV's last major trophy was the 1986–87 DFB-Pokal. HSV play their home games at the Volksparkstadion in Bahrenfeld, a western district of Hamburg. The club colours are officially blue, white and black but the home kit of the team is white jerseys and red shorts. The team's most common nickname is ""die Rothosen"" (the Red Shorts). As it is one of Germany's oldest clubs, it is also known as ""der Dinosaurier"" (the Dinosaur). HSV have rivalries with Werder Bremen, with whom they contest the Nordderby, and Hamburg-based FC St. Pauli,"
"events. Hamburger SV is a football team playing in the 2. Bundesliga (as of 2018). The HSV was the oldest team of the Bundesliga, playing in the league since its beginning in 1963 until a change of results saw them relegated from the Bundesliga in 2018. HSV is a six-time German champion, a three-time German cup winner and triumphed in the European Cup in 1983, and has played in the group stages of the Champions League twice: in 2000–01 and in 2006–07. They play at the Volksparkstadion (average attendance in the 12–13 season was 52,916). In addition, FC St. Pauli"
"Hanseatic City of Hamburg. The area now constituting modern St. Pauli was located outside the city wall, on the ""no man's land"" between Hamburg and the Danish city of Altona. From 1970 to 1998, the Millerntor-Stadion was known as ""Wilhelm-Koch-Stadion"". It was renamed Millerntor-Stadion by the club members because its namesake Wilhelm Koch had been a member of the NSDAP. In 2007 the club members decided that there would be no commercial use of the name. <br> Millerntor-Stadion Millerntor-Stadion is a multi-purpose stadium in the St. Pauli area of Hamburg, Germany. It is best known as the home ground of"
"was a second division football club that came in second place in the 2009–10 season and qualified to play alongside Hamburger SV in the first division for the first time since the 2001–02 season. St. Pauli's home games take place at the Millerntor-Stadion. The Hamburg Freezers represented Hamburg until 2016 in the DEL, the premier ice hockey league in Germany. HSV Handball represented Hamburg until 2016 in the German handball league. In 2007, HSV Handball won the European Cupwinners Cup. The Club won the league in the 2010–11 season and had an average attendance of 10.690 in the O2 World"
"in St. Pauli. A prominent symbol is its football club, FC St. Pauli and the Millerntor-Stadion. The club played host to the inaugural FIFI Wild Cup in May–June 2006. In 2010, FC St. Pauli celebrated its centenary. For the jubilee the fan club ""18auf12"" recorded a song: ""One Hundred Beers"" (Words and music by Henning Knorr & Christoph Brüx). St. Pauli has a long tradition as a recreation and amusement centre. The big port of Hamburg led many sailors to Hamburg who preferred to spend their spare time (while their ships were unloaded and loaded again) in this area. Since"
"blue – Arminia and the HSV""""). Especially in the 1990s, multiple players transferred between the two clubs. As Hannover and Bielefeld fans have affinities as well, all three clubs are sometimes called the ""Nordallianz"" (""Northern Alliance"") despite the fact that the city of Bielefeld is not technically located in Northern Germany. In addition, some fan groups maintain good contacts with the fourth division team VfB Lübeck, whose fans also have an aversion to St. Pauli and Holstein Kiel. In 2013, HSV helped the club, which was threatened by insolvency, with a free friendly match, in which the team competed with"
"of the rival at several bridges throughout the city. In addition, one day later there was a march of about 80 HSV-Ultras across the Reeperbahn, where insulting chants agains St. Pauli were screamed. Besides, after two major conflicts between the two fan groups the relationship with Holstein Kiel has been considered as difficult for a short time now. HSV have an affinity with Scottish club Rangers. HSV fans unfurl their club logo at Rangers' away European matches. The link between Rangers and Hamburg dates back to 1977 when the Hamburg Rangers Supporters' Club was set up by HSV fans who"
"Millerntor-Stadion Millerntor-Stadion is a multi-purpose stadium in the St. Pauli area of Hamburg, Germany. It is best known as the home ground of football club FC St. Pauli. It is situated on the ""Heiligengeistfeld"" near the Reeperbahn, the red light district of Hamburg. The stadium had a capacity of 32,000 when it was built in 1961. Occasionally it is used by the city's Blue Devils American football team. It has also been used as a concert venue, notably featuring a performance by Prince in 1988. More recently, FC St Pauli celebrated their centenary festival at the stadium in 2010. The"
"Harbor Girls Hamburg St. Pauli Roller Derby is a flat track roller derby league based in Hamburg in Germany. It consists of two trip teams, an A team and a B team, which compete against teams from other leagues. They are called ""Harbor Girls A"" and ""Harbor Girls B"" respectively. St. Pauli Roller Derby is the follow-up club to the Harbor Girls e.V., which was an independent roller derby club before it became part of FC St. Pauli and changed its name. The Harbor Girls were founded by Spooky Spiky and Killing Zoe, the former had previously skated with the"
"St. Pauli St. Pauli (Sankt Pauli; ) is a quarter of the city of Hamburg belonging to the centrally located Hamburg-Mitte borough. Situated on the right bank of the Elbe river, the nearby Landungsbrücken is a northern part of the port of Hamburg. St. Pauli contains a world-famous red light district around the iconic Reeperbahn area. As of 2016 the area had 22,595 residents. At the beginning of the 17th century it developed as a suburb called 'Hamburger Berg' (Hamburg mountain) outside the gates of the nearby city of Hamburg and close to the city of Altona. The name comes"
"the ""Hamburger Stadtderby"" or simply ""Derby"". The club also has a more recent rivalry with Hansa Rostock. While the footballers have enjoyed only modest success on the field, the club is widely recognised for its distinctive social culture and has a large popular following as one of the country's ""Kult"" clubs, which has now developed beyond Germany. FC St. Pauli supporters are strongly identified with their support of left wing politics. The club began its existence in 1899 as a loose, informal group of football enthusiasts within the ""Hamburg-St.Pauli Turn-Verein 1862"". This group did not play its first match until"
"both fan groups. It started when about 100 HSV fans interrupt a St. Pauli concert because it took place on the ""HSV-side"" of the Reeperbahn. In a league game a short time later, the HSV fans showed a banner in the stadium with the inscription ""Stellt euch endlich unsrer Gier - 100 Ihr : 100 Wir"" (""Finally satisfy our lust - 100 of you vs. 100 of us""). After fans of FC St. Pauli attacked HSV fans working on a choreography for the game and destroyed parts of it, some HSV fans threatened them by hanging figures in the colours"
"the Hamburg sports scene: FC St.Pauli, Hamburg Rugby Club, HSV, Hamburg Police Sports Club, ASK, ETV, Altona 93, SV St. Georg, Fichte Langenhorn and Uhlenhorster Hockeyclub. After the introduction of the Bundesliga in 1971, a more structured form of rugby appeared in Germany, during which Hamburg lost its excellence status. FC St. Pauli (1971–1975 and 1988–1990), SV Polizei (1972–1973), HSV (1978–1979) were able to maintain their titles for a short term. FC St. Pauli and Hamburg rugby club have been playing in the first Bundesliga (north) division since the 2012/13 season. Hamburg’s women’s team has also been successful. St. Pauli’s"
"had visited Rangers matches before and were thrilled by the atmosphere at Ibrox. The links were further strengthened when Rangers signed Jörg Albertz from Hamburg. In the derby against St. Pauli in the season 2018-19 about 200-300 fans of the Scottish club traveled to Hamburg to support HSV. The friendship between Celtic and Hamburg's rivals FC St. Pauli has no influence on this friendship, however. Nevertheless, the HSV fans sent a provocation towards Celtic,when they clashed in the Europa League in 2009. They showed a Union Jack, bearing the words ""No Surrender"", as a big choreography in the stadium. The"
"transferred out during the season 2017–18 FC St. Pauli season The 2017–18 FC St. Pauli season is the 107th season in the football club's history and 7th consecutive season in the second division of German football, the 2. Bundesliga and 25th overall. In addition to the domestic league, FC St. Pauli also are participating in this season's edition of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal. This is the 55th season for FC St. Pauli in the Millerntor-Stadion, located in St. Pauli, Hamburg, Germany. The season covers a period from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018. In: Out: In: Out: !"
"Nordderby The Nordderby or North derby is a match between Hamburger SV and Werder Bremen, the two most successful and popular clubs in Northern Germany. The Hamburger SV (HSV) was created in 1887 and plays its matches at the Volksparkstadion. Meanwhile, Werder Bremen was founded in 1899 with Weserstadion as its home ground. Beyond football, there is also a rivalry between the cities of Hamburg and Bremen, which are only separated by a hundred kilometers and they are also the two biggest metropolises in this part of the country. The game was first contested in 1927 with HSV recording a"
"Heiligengeistfeld, and is overlooked by the infamous Flak Tower IV to the north and a building of the Deutsche Telekom to the south. It can easily be reached with the Hamburg U-Bahn line U3 (St. Pauli Station and Feldstrasse Station). The following international players have also played for St. Pauli: In 2010, as part of the club's celebration of its 100th anniversary, fans voted the following players as the best in the club's history: The St. Pauli rugby section has several teams, both in the men's and women's leagues. The men's rugby department has not been as successful as its"
"Hamburger SV Rugby The Hamburger SV Rugby is a German rugby union from Hamburg, currently competing in the Rugby-Regionalliga Nord, the third tier of rugby in Germany. The team is part of a larger club, the Hamburger SV, which also offers other sports like association football, baseball and cricket. The ""HSV's"" Rugby department was founded on 16 October 1925 by track and field athletes of the club and external rugby players. It is the oldest rugby team in Hamburg. For the most part it has been stuck in the shadow of its local rival FC St. Pauli Rugby. However, over"
"to hold a men's team. FC St. Pauli has 27,000 members as of November 2018. The men's professional football team dropped down to the Regionalliga in 2003, at that time the third highest football division in Germany and remained there for four years. In 2007, they won promotion back to the 2. Bundesliga and in 2010 they were promoted to the Bundesliga, the highest division. After relegation, since the 2011–12 season they have played in 2. Bundesliga, the second-highest division in Germany. FC St Pauli has a cross-city rivalry with Hamburger SV; the matches between the two are known as"
"of the sports stadiums can be used as music concert venues and for other events too. The FC St. Pauli play at the Millerntor-Stadion in the St. Pauli quarter near the infamous Reeperbahn. The Volksparkstadion, (seats 50,000 ) home to the Hamburger SV, was a venue for Bruce Springsteen's Magic Tour. Hamburg Freezers and HSV Handball play at O2 World, formerly known as Color Line Arena. The Alsterschwimmhalle is Hamburg's largest aquatic center, completed in 1973 and used for swimming events. Dulsberg is the location of one of Germany's largest Olympic Training Centers (Olympiastützpunkt or OSP), while there are also"
"2010–11 season and for the first time since 1977, St Pauli defeated their bitter cross-city rivals Hamburger SV away at the Volksparkstadion courtesy of a Gerald Asamoah goal. The team, however, finished the domestic season in last place, resulting in their relegation to the 2. Bundesliga for the 2011–12 season. Since then, the club has remained in the 2. Bundesliga, finishing fourth in 2011–12 but declining in results since then. The club's recent seasons: St. Pauli enjoys a certain fame for the left-leaning character of its supporters: most of the team's fans regard themselves as anti-racist, anti-fascist, anti-homophobic and anti-sexist,"
"Volksparkstadion Volksparkstadion () is a football stadium located in Bahrenfeld, Hamburg, Germany. It is the home ground of German 2. Bundesliga club Hamburger SV. HSV actually have nothing to do with the origins of the stadium, even though they own the current arena. Before the club moved to the current site they played at Sportplatz at Rothenbaum. Bahrenfelder Stadion was the first stadium to be built on the site of the Volksparkstadion and the AOL Arena. It was inaugurated on 13 September 1925 with a match between FC Altona 93 and HSV. In front a crowd of 25,000, HSV lost"
"professional league. He gained some experience in the 2. Bundesliga with Fürth, but did neither score a goal nor become a regular starter. Therefore, he sought a move away from Fürth after only one season. Additionally, Berlin-born Patschinski did not feel at home in rural Fürth. Patschinski's new club was FC St. Pauli where he would have his biggest success in the next three years. With Hamburg-based St. Pauli, Patschinski gained promotion to the Bundesliga and scored the second goal in St. Pauli's 2–1 victory over Intercontinental Cup holders FC Bayern Munich. FC St. Pauli created a T-shirt to commemorate"
"first sports ground at the Heiligengeistfeld was created after the First World War as a simple flat space. This was the home ground of the ""St. Pauli TV"", together with other workers sports associations (""Arbeitersportkartells""). In 1946, the club (now called ""FC St. Pauli"") built its own stadium partially on the original site of Hamburg Observatory, built in 1802 by Johann Georg Repsold and moved to Bergedorf in 1912. The stadium was located on the Heiligengeistfeld, opposite to the old firestation and in the corner between Glacischaussee and Budapester strasse (during 1946 to 1956 named Ernst Thälmann strasse). In a"
"return to the 2. Bundesliga, overtaking Werder Bremen's amateur side who, despite finishing two points ahead of St. Pauli, were ineligible for promotion. It was in the mid-1980s that St. Pauli's transition from a standard traditional club into a ""Kult"" club began. The club was also able to turn the location of its ground in the dock area part of town, near Hamburg's famous Reeperbahn – centre of the city's night life and its red-light district – to its advantage. An alternative fan scene slowly emerged, built around left-leaning politics, social activism and the event and party atmosphere of the"
"and this has on occasion brought them into conflict with neo-Nazis and hooligans at away games. The organization has adopted an outspoken stance against racism, fascism, sexism, and homophobia and has embodied this position in its constitution. Team supporters traditionally participate in demonstrations in the Hamburg district of St. Pauli, including those over squatting or low-income housing, such as the Hafenstraße and Bambule. The centre of fan activity is the ""Fanladen St. Pauli"". St. Pauli fans have a strong relationship with the fans of Ternana, Rayo Vallecano, SV Babelsberg 03, Partizan Minsk, Hapoel Tel Aviv, AEK Athens and Celtic. In"
"of the Year. As national champions, HSV represented West Germany in the 1960–61 European Cup. The club's first ever match in European competition was a 5–0 defeat of Swiss club Young Boys in Bern, with HSV winning the tie 8–3 on aggregate. In the quarter-finals, they beat English champions Burnley before being defeated by Barcelona at the semi-final stage in a playoff game after the scores were level over two legs. The crowd of 77,600 at the Volksparkstadion for the first leg against Barcelona remains the record attendance for a HSV home match. Soon after, Germany's first professional football league,"
"club's matches. Supporters adopted the skull and crossbones as their own unofficial emblem. St. Pauli became the first team in Germany to officially ban right-wing nationalist activities and displays in its stadium in an era when fascist-inspired football hooliganism threatened the game across Europe. In 1981, the team was averaging small crowds of only 1,600 spectators, but by the late 1990s they were frequently selling out their entire 20,000-capacity ground. The skull and crossbones symbol had always been associated with St Pauli (the city quarter) in one way or another. Hamburg fostered the most famous pirate of Germany, Klaus Störtebeker,"
"Hannover 96 Hannoverscher Sportverein von 1896, commonly referred to as Hannover 96 , Hannover, HSV (although this may cause confusion with Hamburger SV) or simply 96, is a German association football club based in the city of Hanover, Lower Saxony. Hannover 96 play in the Bundesliga, the first tier in the German football league system, having earned promotion from the 2. Bundesliga, Germany's second tier, after finishing runners-up in the 2016–17 season. Hannover 96 was founded in 1896. Hannover have won two German championships and one DFB-Pokal. Hannover's stadium is the HDI-Arena. Hannover 96 has a major rivalry with Eintracht"
"St. Pauli Piers The St. Pauli Piers (, often only referred to as ""Landungsbrücken""; ), are the largest landing place in the Port of Hamburg, Germany, and also one of Hamburg's major tourist attractions. Other English language translations include St. Pauli Landing Stages or St. Pauli Landing Bridges. The piers are located in the St. Pauli area of Hamburg, between the lower harbour and the ""Fischmarkt"" (Fish Market), on the banks of the Elbe river. The ""Landungsbrücken"" today form a central transportation hub, with S-Bahn, U-Bahn and ferry stations, and are also a major tourist magnet with numerous restaurants and"
"voluntarily withdrew to lower league play. The club is currently playing in the Oberliga Hamburg (V). Altona despite their current low division have a relatively large local following, having the 3rd largest fan-base in Hamburg. Their origins are similar of that of neighbours FC St Pauli and therefore the fans are of a similar left-wing political persuasion, which means that there are little tensions between the two local teams, but they do contest a local derby with Hamburger SV although mainly with their reserve team. Recently Altona fans developed a friendship with English club Dulwich Hamlet F.C., which was also"